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Table 1 Description of pregnant women who participated in the Covimater survey (n = 500), France (July 2020)

From: Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and first lockdown on pregnancy monitoring in France: the COVIMATER cross-sectional study

 

N (%)*

95%CI**

Demographic and socio-economic characteristics

Age (in years)

 18–24

53

(10.7)

7.4–15.2

 25–34

323

(64.6)

59.7–69.2

 35–49

124

(24.7)

21.1–28.8

Socio-professional category (SPC)a

 SPC +

192

(38.4)

33.9–43.2

 SPC -

180

(36.1)

31.8–40.6

 Inactive

128

(25.5)

20.5–31.2

Educational level

 Equal to or higher than secondary school diploma

391

(78.1)

73.6–82.1

 Lower than secondary school diploma

109

(21.9)

17.9–26.4

Perceived financial situation

 Comfortable

246

(49.2)

44.2–54.2

 Just getting by

159

(31.7)

27.2–36.6

 Difficult to make ends meet

95

(19.1)

15.2–23.7

Pandemic and lockdown related variables

Child(ren) under 6 years of age in the household during the lockdown

234

(46.8)

41.8–51.8

SARS-CoV-2 healthcare system severity (colour-coded) for the region of residenceb

 Green zone

127

(25.4)

21.1–30.2

 Orange zone

150

(30.0)

25.7–34.7

 Red zone

223

(44.6)

39.7–49.6

Professional workload

 Did not work

351

(70.1)

65.7–74.2

 Lighter or same as usual

85

(17.1)

14.0–20.7

 Heavier than usual

64

(12.8)

10.1–16.0

Self-perceived social support

 Very good

180

(36.0)

31.3–40.9

 Good

231

(46.1)

41.2–51.1

 Little or none

89

(17.9)

14.5–21.8

Serious disputes or violence

 Very-often / Often

11

(2.3)

1.1–4.6

 Sometimes / Rarely

129

(25.8)

21.7–30.4

 Never

360

(71.9)

67.2–76.2

Having had COVID-19 type symptoms

92

(18.4)

14.9–22.6

Family member or friends diagnosed with COVID-19 or had symptoms suggestive of the disease

171

(34.2)

29.7–39.0

Perception of the pandemic

General worry score for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (max.10; n = 485; No documented data = 15) > 7/10

234

(48.3)

43.3–53.3

Pregnancy and health

Primiparous

203

(40.6)

35.8–45.6

Gestational age (weeks) at the end of first lockdownc

 < 10

34

(6.8)

4.7–9.8

 10–20

177

(35.4)

30.8–40.3

 20–30

180

(36.1)

31.4–41.0

 30–40

77

(15.4)

12.1–19.4

 > 40

32

(6.3)

4.3–9.2

Childbirth

 During lockdown

34

(6.8)

4.7–9.8

 After lockdown

466

(93.2)

90.2–95.2

Pre-existing chronic disease(s)d

152

(30.3)

25.8–35.1

Overweight / Obesitye

212

(42.4)

37.5–47.4

Pregnancy-related pathology(ies)f

119

(23.7)

19.9–28.0

Pregnancy monitoring during first lockdown

Having an unsuccessful attempts to exchange with health professionals about course of pregnancy/childbirth during pandemic

205

(41.0)

36.1–46.1

Change of health professional than the referring professionalg

74

(14.9)

11.7–18.8

Teleconsultations (video or telephone) for pregnancy monitoring

197

(39.4)

34.6–44.4

Absence of partner/person providing support from a consultation/examination

459

(91.8)

88.8–94.1

Childbirth preparation sessions (video or telephone)

76

(15.2)

12.0–19.1

Modification of pregnancy monitoring at the initiative of a health professionalh

182

(36.3)

31.6–41.3

Modification of pregnancy monitoring at the initiative of the womeni

117

(23.4)

18.8–27.7

  1. * Weighted and rounded values using Newton’s algorithm [26]
  2. ** 95% Confidence Interval
  3. a Women on maternity leave and unemployed women were classified according to their current SPC category or their most recent category prior to ending work, respectively.
  4. b Estimated by the Ministry of Health on 1 May 2020 on the basis of two variables: i) Virus circulation level (i.e., percentage of emergency room admissions for suspected COVID-19) and ii) Strain on hospital intensive care unit capacity (i.e.,occupancy rate of intensive care beds by patients with COVID-19), coded as green, orange or red, reflecting increased epidemic pressure on the healthcare system [28]
  5. c At the end of the first lockdown (11 May 2020) or at the date of childbirth if women gave birth during lockdown
  6. d Diabetes, Overweight/Obesity status before pregnancy, High Blood Pressure, Asthma, Cardiac condition, Autoimmune disease, mental illness, etc.
  7. e Body Mass Index≥25 kg/m2
  8. f Gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, preterm labour, gestational hypertension, etc.
  9. g performed in a sub-group of pregnant women having start monitoring
  10. h Modification was to postpone/cancel pregnancy monitoring
  11. i Modification was to postpone/forego /not start monitoring despite a gestational age of 15 weeks (see definition of the variable of interest in Methods section)
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